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5 tips for surviving in an increasingly uncertain world

  • Written by Jelena Kecmanovic, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University
What does the future hold -- and how will you handle what comes next?Svetlana Lukienko/Shutterstock.com

A recent study showed that North Americans are becoming less tolerant of uncertainty.

The U.S. presidential impeachment inquiry has added another layer of uncertainty to an already unstable situation that includes political polarization and the...

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